Motorist who defied driving ban spared jail as he has ADHD

A disqualified driver who got behind the wheel two days after being banned has been spared prison because he has attention deficit disorder (ADHD).

Levi Guerin, aged 19, who has never held a driving licence, was banned from the road and handed a suspended jail sentence on June 30 for dangerous driving.

But despite being caught at the wheel within 48 hours, and again a week later by police, a judge said a jail would cause the teenager harm.

Mr Recorder DG Readings said Guerin, of Lodge Road, Hockley, should have been sent to prison for breaching the earlier suspended sentence, but added: “It almost follows as night follows day that I have to put that sentence into effect, but I don’t want to do it because of the inevitable consequences of sending you to prison.

“You will be likely to come to harm in the environment of prison.

“It is for this reason I have ultimately come to the conclusion you should be given yet another chance.”